Love Birds Reunite

A few weekends back, we met the Bussi fam at Happy Hollow in San Jose so Ben and Maxine could rekindle their flame. We had a great time and the tots had a ton of fun together. By the end of the day, Ben was kissing Maxine's head and Maxine was giving Ben hugs. Happy Hollow was really cool... lots of rides, a zoo and a great play ground.

Our first ride was the carosel... typically one of Ben's favs but he just wasn't into this "baby ride" one bit.

Ben is a Bolger boy which means he looooves lunch time. In this pic, you might think Ben is just cranky but what you can't see is that he is eyeing the basket of fries of the people in front of us. Bolger boys and fries go together like peas and carrots.

Here the boys and tots are at the very top of the 3 story play ground. Ben and Maxine ran up and down this play structure for literally 30ish minutes without a single break.

The petting zoo was very cool. Ben got to go into the farm animal pen and feed some overly friendly goats. He can now 'baaaa' like a goat.

After a long day at the park, Ben literally passed out 5 minutes after getting into the car. The first minute was spent chugging water from his sippy cup. Minute two through 4 was spent hoovering down a snack. Minute five = pass out with crumbs on face and shirt and not caring one bit. Good sign of a fun day at Happy Hollow with the Bussis!

Kinder Jam

Wooops! I am so very behind on blogging... work and life has gotten pretty busy and chaotic in the last few weeks. But... I am aiming to be back on track with updating this site so come back regularly for our latest and greatest!

Wednesdays are my day with Ben and we start each Wednesday at Kinder Jam. Kinder Jam is a music-dance-run around in circles type class for toddlers. We've been going for about 2 months now and Ben has decided he isn't so much into signing and dancing with the ribbons (see lack of ribbon entheusiasm below) and pom pom waving as he is into chasing after the bouncy balls, playing with the parachute and anything that lets him chase after 4 year old Claudio. 

Here, Ben is taking a quick rest on the floor after having chased Claudio for half of the class.

Watch out, Shaq...

... Ben Bolger is the new slam dunk king!

Uh Oh

So... Ben now loves to jump onto and off of anyting around the house. We have to seriously be on our toes and watch him almost every minute because he is pretty fearless. Jeff caught this one stunt on camera this past weekend. Ben was busy watching Calliou, or so we thought. He had pulled about 8 big pillows from our bed in front of his chair. We weren't sure why so Jeff just sat there next to him just to be on the safe side. Then he did this... hence, why we have to watch our little dynamo so closely... Side note, no injuries, Ben was having a great time.

Date Night

Saturday night was a long, over due date night for Jeff and I. We started out by walking down to Cannery Row and going to Sheid Vineyards tasting room (thanks to Jenny Fred's fab parents!) and drinking some amazing wines. Then we walked back to Old Monterey to our fav Greek restaurant and ate saganaki (flamming cheese), gyros and spanakopita. Oopa!

Mother's Day

Mother's Day this year was nice and relaxing...well, as relaxing as a day chasing after a toddler can be! The weather foiled our plans which were to go hang out at the pool all day, have lunch there, play in the water etc etc etc. But the wind came up and the clouds blew in just as we were putting our swim suits on. So... quick change to plan B... picnic in the park & let Ben run around and burn some energy. Even though plan A didn't pan out, the day was still lovely being surrounded by my boys and my parents and that's all that matters!

Sweet Baby Boy... Not So Much a Baby Anymore...

Today, Ben is 2 months shy of his 2nd birthday. How the time goes so quickly, we have no clue. Here are a few of his latest and greatest achievements, discoveries etc :

Fav Food : Guacamole, Raspberries, Bell Peppers, Oatmeal (Ben calls them "ohs"), Pizza (Ben calls it "izza") and anything with sauce that he can dip his food into, be it salsa, ranch, dressing etc.

Fav Activities : Anything in or with water, Bubbles (Ben calls them "buh-boze"), running everywhere, chasing Sophie Lou lovingly referred to as "Goggie."

New Words : Calliou (the name of the only TV show he will watch for a whole 5-6 minutes), Beam (which is supposd to be ice cream), Star, Battery, Birdie